Chinese Translation

[Nekusagi]

So I've got Prom this weekend, and a few weeks ago, at the mall, I found this cute little bag at an Asian imports kiosk. Can any of you translate the Chinese on it? (I apologize for the poor quality pictures, my camera is a POS.)

 

[STJ]

Hmm.. Well, since my parents can understand Chinese, I sorta got the meaning..

Apparentely the writing is a poem... talking about the Moon, and when a person looks at the moonlight, it reminds them, or makes them think about their homeland.. something like that

 

[YumeHeart]

Wow, that sounds cool! ^^

 

[Nekona]

Yeah. Sometimes the chinese stuff will say really really bad things on it in chinese. That's a nice thing.

 

[Nekusagi]

At least it's something good... I've heard stories of people getting Chinese jewlery that says stuff like "prostitute" on it.

 

[STJ]

Well, since I can, I'll put up a more accurate translation

Interesting enough, unlike conventional Chinese writing, the writing here is read in the same way as English - Left to right, as oppposed to the writing read vertically. Anyway..

Light shines on the bedside
He thinks it is the refelction of the snow
He looks up, and sees moonlight
Hee looks down, and sees his home

I'm sure somebody can translate it better, but at the moment it's the best I can do.. heh

 

[paperfairy]

DUDE I know this poem!!!!!

We recite it in Chinese everyday. It's very famous in China, often performed at cerimonies and such. I'll get the exact pinyin later.

 

[Scrye-Maple]

I think I've heard of this poem, too. But I don't quite understand it, until now.

 

[Zhen Lin]

床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉

chuáng qián míng yuè guāng
yí shì dì shàng shuāng
jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè
dī tóu sī gù xiāng

Widely parodied too, with the last two lines changed to, ah, joke at the listener. yī fú tuò guāng guāng...

 

[Scrye-Maple]

床前明月光
疑是地上霜
舉頭望明月
低頭思故鄉

chuáng qián míng yuè guāng
yí shì dì shàng shuāng
jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè
dī tóu sī gù xiāng

Widely parodied too, with the last two lines changed to, ah, joke at the listener. yī fú tuò guāng guāng...

Where'd you get the Chinese characters?